02/19/2013

Toy Gun Tyranny

A ten year old Virginia boy who was arrested earlier this month for
taking a plastic toy gun to school is facing a potentially permanent
criminal record over the incident.

The boy, who remains unnamed by the media, hit headlines after
Douglas MacArthur Elementary School officials searched his bag and
found an orange tipped plastic toy gun, following complaints from
parents who said their children had seen the boy playing with the fake
firearm on the school bus.

Instead of exercising common sense, the school officials called the police, and the boy was taken into custody.

Although this seems to be one of the most extreme cases of children
being disciplined over toy guns and gun gestures, it is far from
isolated. As we have seen over the past few weeks, in the wake of the
Sandy Hook shooting, it is now a daily occurrence.

Ealier this month, a student in Florence, Arizona was suspended because he had a picture of a gun on his computer.

At the beginning of the month, it was reported that a six-year-old kindergartner in South Carolina was suspended for taking a small transparent plastic toy gun to school for a show and tell.